Hydrologic monitoring of a deep-well waste-injection system near Pensacola, Florida, March 1970 - March 1977
Charles A. Pascale, J.B. Martin
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-27
This report presents hydraulic and chemical data collected at a deep-well waste-injection system near Pensacola, Florida. Since injection began in July 1963, about 13.3 billion gallons of industrial acidic waste containing nitric acid, inorganic salts and numerous organic compounds have been injected into a saline-water-filled limestone aquifer. Wellhead pressure at...
Leachate migration from a pesticide waste disposal site in Hardeman County, Tennessee
C.L. Sprinkle
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-128
Between 1964 and 1972, approximately 300,000 drums (55-gallon steel barrels) of waste derived from the manufacturing of pesticides were buried on 45 acres of land in northern Hardemen County, Tennessee. Leachates from these wastes are migrating from the disposal site in surface runoff, through shallow perched water zones, and through...
Flood profiles for Cypress Creek, west-central Florida
W. R. Murphy Jr.
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-8
Flood profiles are included for selected recurrence-interval floods in west-central Florida for a 27-mile reach of Cypress Creek, for a 4-mile tributary reach, and for a 1.2-mile distributary reach. The procedure for constructing flood profiles is based on flood heights computed in a step-backwater analysis using the following data: 2-,...
Flood profiles for lower Brooker Creek, west-central Florida
W.R. Murphy
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-115
Flood heights are computed for a range of recurrence intervals for a 12.6 mile reach of Brooker Creek, beginning at the mouth at Lake Tarpon. A Geological Survey step-backwater computer program, E431, was used in these analyses using: (1) Stream and valley cross-section geometry and roughness data; (2) Recurrence interval...
An oilspill risk analysis of the Mid-Atlantic (Proposed Sale 49) outer continental shelf lease area
James Richard Slack, Timothy Wyant
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-56
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the mid-Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf lease area. The study analyzed the probability of spill occurrence, likely paths of the spilled oil, and locations in space and time of recreational and biological...
An analysis of stream temperatures, Green River Basin, Wyoming
H. W. Lowham
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-13
A method for estimating temperatures of streams in the Green River basin, Wyoming, utilizes a regional model for estimating mean daily temperatures of streams at unmeasured sites. The regional model was developed by describing annual temperature patterns at 43 measured sites and by applying the harmonic function T = M...
Flood profiles for Peace River, south-central Florida
W. R. Murphy Jr., K.M. Hammett, C. V. Reeter
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-57
This report presents flood heights and profiles for a 70-mile reach of Peace River from Bartow to Arcadia, Fla. The flood heights were calculated using the U.S. Geological Survey step-backwater model. Profiles were prepared for floods having expected recurrence intervals of 2, 2.33, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, and...
An oilspill risk analysis for the southern California (proposed sale 48) Outer Continental Shelf lease area
James Richard Slack, Timothy Wyant, Kenneth J. Lanfear
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-80
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Southern California Outer Continental Shelf lease area. The study analyzed the probability of spill occurrences, likely paths of the spilled oil, and locations in space and time of such objects...
Plan of study for the High Plains regional aquifer-system analysis in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
John B. Weeks
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-70
The Ogallala Formation and associated Tertiary and Quarternary deposits form the principal aquifers supporting irrigation in the High Plains of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. The volume of water in storage within the aquifers is declining in most of the High Plains because water...
Stream quality in the San Lorenzo River Basin, Santa Cruz County, California
Marc A. Sylvester, Kenneth J. Covay
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-19
Stream quality in the San Lorenzo River basin, Calif., was studied from November 1973 through June 1975 to determine areal and temporal variations in water quality, problem areas and times of water quality degradation, and compliance with State and local water-quality objectives. Sampling from November 1973 through July 1974 was...
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the western part of the Salt River Valley area, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1977
P. P. Ross
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-40
In 1976 about 1.68 million acre-feet of ground water was pumped in the Salt River Valley. Since 1923, more than 73 million acre-feet has been withdrawn, which has resulted in a general decline in water levels. Water levels in the western part of the Salt River Valley area have declined...
Water resources of the Waccasassa River Basin and adjacent areas, Florida
G.F. Taylor, L.J. Snell
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-101
This map report was prepared in cooperation with the Southwest Florida Water Management District which, with the Waccasassa River Basin Board, had jurisdiction over waters within the Waccasassa River basin, the coastal areas adjacent to the basin, and other adjacent areas outside the basin. New water management district boundaries, effective...
Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in St. Louis County, Missouri
Donald Webster Spencer, Terry W. Alexander
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-139
Equations and nomographs in.this report can be used to estimate peak flood-discharges having recurrence intervals up to 100 years in rural and urban areas of St. Louis County, Mo. The basin characteristics significant at the 5-percent probability level were drainage area and percentage imperviousness. Drainage area can be measured from...
Areas subject to inundation by the 100-year flood in Avra Valley, Pima County, Arizona
R.H. Roeske
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-33
Avra Valley in Pima County, Arizona, is sparsely populated and is used mainly for agriculture and cattle grazing; however, its proximity to Tucson makes it desirable for urban development. Administrators and planners concerned with future land development may use the map report to determine the approximate areas that are subject...
Geohydrologic data from the Jemez Mountains and vicinity, north-central New Mexico
Frank W. Trainer
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-131
The Jemez Mountains volcanic region, on the west margin of the Rio Grande rift in north-central New Mexico, is the site of studies for power development from geothermal heat. This report summarizes geohydrologic data to provide background information relative to the geothermal exploration and to investigate the usefulness of hydrology...
Preliminary evaluation of the water-supply potential of the spring-river system in the Weeki Wachee area and the Lower Withlacoochee River, west-central Florida
William C. Sinclair
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-74
Coastal springs and seeps, including Rainbow Springs, a tributary of Withlacoochee River, discharge as much as a billion gallons of water per day to low-lying coastal swamps and estuarine marshes along the Guld Coast of Citrus and Hernando Counties, Florida. Although Weeki Wachee Spring has long been regarded as an...
Potentiometric surface of Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas, September 1977
P.D. Ryder, L. R. Mills, C. P. Laughlin
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-9
A potentiometric-surface map of the Southwest Florida Water Management District depicts the annual high water-level period. Potentiometric levels increased 15 to 30 feet between May 1977 and September 1977 in the citrus and farming sections of southeastern Hillsborough, northern Hardee, and southwestern Polk Counties. These areas are widely affected by...
Flood hydrology of Butte Basin, 1973-77 water years, Sacramento Valley, California
R.G. Simpson
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-86
Flooding in Butte Basin, CA., is caused primarily by overflow from the Sacramento River on the western boundary. Stage and discharge data were collected during 1973-77 at 6 recording and 45 crest-stage gages within the basin and combined with discharge records on the main channel of the Sacramento River to...
Technique for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in Delaware
R.H. Simmons, D.H. Carpenter
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-93
A flood-estimating method is presented which applies to drainage basins in Delaware without urban development and covers selected recurrence intervals from 2 to 100 years. The method was developed by multiple-regression techniques. The State is divided into two regions and sets of equations for calculating peak discharges based on physical...
Gas-driven pump for ground-water samples
Donald C. Signor
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-72
Observation wells installed for artificial-recharge research and other wells used in different ground-water programs are frequently cased with small-diameter steel pipe. To obtain samples from these small-diameter wells in order to monitor water quality, and to calibrate solute-transport models, a small-diameter pump with unique operating characteristics is required that causes...
Hydrogeologic conditions in the town of Shelter Island, Suffolk County, Long Island, New York
Julian Soren
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-77
Shelter Island, an area of about 11 square miles, in Suffolk County, N.Y., is situated between the north and south forks of eastern Long Island. The upper glacial aquifer is the sole source of freshwater supply for Shelter Island 's population, which currently ranges seasonally from 2,000 to 8,000. Fresh...
Subsurface geology and paleogeography of Queens County, Long Island, New York
Julian Soren
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-34
Unconsolidated strata of clay, silt, sand, and gravel of Late Cretaceous and pre-Wisconsin Pleistocene ages lie between crystalline basement rocks (bedrock) of Precambrian ( ) age and unconsolidated deposits of late Pleistocene (Wisconsin) and Holocene ages in Queens County, Lond Island, N.Y. Data collected during a recent study of the...
Inflatable straddle packers and associated equipment for hydraulic fracturing and hydrologic testing
Eugene Shuter, Robert R. Pemberton
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-55
Independent aquifer testing is the only way to fully understand the hydrology encountered in boreholes intersecting multiple aquifers. The most feasible method to accomplish the testing of multiple aquifer wells is through the use inflatable packers. The straddle packers and associated equipment herein described arE valuable tools for making isolated...
Effects of land use and water management on water quality in the western South New River Canal basin: southeast Florida, 1974-75
B.G. Waller
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-30
The South New River Canal (C-11) basin between water-control structures S-9 and S-13 is an area that is primarily undeveloped and the system of waterways within the basin is highly controlled for water-management purposes. Most of the recharge to the canals is by induced ground-water inflow and seepage. The chemical...
Sediment transport by the White River into Mud Mountain Reservoir: Washington, June 1974-June 1976
Leonard M. Nelson
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-133
This reconnaissance evaluation of the sediment transport by the White River into the Mud Mountain Reservoir, in Washington, during the period June 1974-June 1976 showed that the river transported 430,000 tons of suspended sediment into the reservoir during the first year of the study and 1,400,000 tons in the second...
